1. GETTING THE FROG VLE
OFF THE GROUND
Jon Malone
Deputy Headteacher
St Simon Stock Catholic
School, Maidstone

2. STAGE ONE: GROUNDWORK
SEPT 2010 – JANUARY 2011
• Frog design for school website
• ‘Frog – coming soon’ nuggets
• Recruit eight ‘champions’ –
enthusiasm is the key

3. STAGE TWO: CHAMPION TRAINING
FEBRUARY 2011
• 30 minute preliminary ‘overview’
meeting
• One week for champions to ‘have a
go’ before the training
• Two full days, with Frog trainer, two
weeks apart
• Second round of eight additional
champions, this time with internal
trainer

4. STAGE THREE: PLANNING AND
CONSTRUCTION
MARCH – SEPT 2011
• Each Frog Champion trial key features with
one teaching group
• Permissions given to these students only
• Fortnightly meetings with Frog Champions:
a) to share experiences, and b) to build
department websites
• Plan and build folder structure
• Draw up roll-out plan
• Involve School Leadership, Senior and
Middle

5. STAGE FOUR: STAFF LAUNCH
OCT 2011 – FEB 2012
• Four-stage roll-out plan: a) Quick
Issue Work; b) Learning Plans; c)
Folder Structure; d) Consolidation
• Two-hour twilight session for each
• No optional element – all homework
on Frog two weeks after 1st training
session
• Employ talented student to prepare
‘user-guides’ for each session

6. STAGE FIVE: CONSOLIDATION
AND FUTURE-PLANNING
MARCH 2012 ONWARDS
• Devolution to department-level
• Champions continue to be the key
drivers
• Watch for slippage and deal with it
• Open Parent-Portal
• Personalise the VLE: ‘Centre Zone’,
‘Avatars’, ‘House Points’, Message
Boards
• Future: Forums, Survey Tools, Quizzes

7. THANK YOU